Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Lanarkshire website
30,302 approved · 1,261 refused · 2,226 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
Land To South Of Cairngryffe Street Lower Pettinain
Received 23 Aug 2005Former Brae House Nursing Home Millheugh Larkhall
Received 22 Dec 200516 Burns Gardens Blantyre
Received 22 Dec 20059 Hollandbush Grove Hamilton
Received 22 Dec 200524 North Street Larkhall
Received 22 Dec 2005Grassroots Projects Area Carlowrie Avenue Blantyre
Received 12 Dec 2005Craig Farm Sandford Strathaven
Received 27 Jul 200511 Devonport Park East Kilbride
Received 27 Jul 20058 Inchmurrin Drive Rutherglen
Received 25 Jul 200549 Wellesley Crescent East Kilbride
Received 30 Jun 200515 Darngaber Gardens Quarter
Received 17 Jun 200511 Ladykirk Way East Kilbride
Received 31 Mar 20066 Overton Avenue Strathaven
Received 31 Mar 2006East Kittochside Farm Kittochside Road Carmunnock
Received 29 Mar 200611 Orefield Place East Mains East Kilbride
Received 29 Mar 2006153 Owen Avenue The Murray East Kilbride
Received 29 Mar 20066 Borthwick Drive Gardenhall East Kilbride
Received 24 Jan 2006101 Mallard Terrace East Kilbride
Received 24 Jan 20066A Strawfrank Road Carstairs Junction
Received 18 Jan 2006Eaglesham Road Peel Park East Kilbride
Received 6 Sept 2005West Mains Farm Glassford Strathaven
Received 6 Sept 200546 Calderglen Avenue Blantyre
Received 26 Aug 2005Uddingston Cricket & Sports Club Castle Avenue Uddingston
Received 26 Aug 200521 Church Street Blantyre
Received 26 Aug 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Lanarkshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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